The original (top) and revised plans for the Care Dimensions hospice facility on Winter Street.
By Alice Waugh
Care Dimensions has submitted a downsized plan for an inpatient hospice facility on Winter Street that calls for a building in the plan that’s 35 percent smaller than the first one reviewed by the Zoning Board of Appeals in March.
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Celebrate National Dairy Month by visiting Drumlin Farm for our Dairy Day festival taking place Sunday, June 1 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Our barns will be open on this special day for up-close access to our favorite dairy animals and the tasty treats they help us produce. Festival highlights include: [Read more…] about News acorns
Captain Dwight Gertz
Lincoln’s Memorial Day observances will include the unveiling of the revised War Memorial Book, a calligraphed leather-bound book commemorating Lincoln residents who served their country in the armed forces during times of war.
The Lincoln Girl Scouts, with the support of the Parks and Recreation Department, invite you to assemble at Bemis Hall on Monday, May 26 at 9:45 a.m. to march with Lincoln’s American Legion (Post 84) down Bedford Road to the Lincoln Library. Come honor and celebrate the lives of those lost in battle as well as our active and retired service men and women. Refreshments will be served. In case of inclement weather, festivities will take place inside Bemis Hall.
This year’s guest speaker will be Capt. Dwight Gertz, USNR (retired). Gertz has been a resident of Lincoln since 1986 and has served as chair of the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust, director of the Rural Land Foundation, President of the Lincoln School Foundation and chair of the Parish Committee of the First Parish Church. Since 2008, he has been a member of the faculty at Babson College, where he is now a senior lecturer in management. Gertz served for 25 years as a regular and reserve officer in the U.S. Navy. He retired in 1998 after completing a tour of duty as area commander for naval intelligence personnel in the six New England states.
Other highlights of the Memorial Day event:
The War Memorial Book was given to the town in 1960 by the Veterans Memorial Committee, which consisted of Leo J. Algeo, Cliford W. Bradley, Edward J. Chisholm, Andrew J. Dougherty, Harriet Rogers, William Whalen, and E. Donlan Rooney, chairman. The calligraphy was done by Al Sturgis. It contains the names of each Lincoln individual credited with service during our nation’s wars, starting with the American Revolution. Until recently, the book ended with the Korean War. The revisions were undertaken to include the names of those who served during the Vietnam War and to incorporate new research about Lincoln residents in the Revolutionary War from Embattled Farmers: Campaigns and Profiles of Revolutionary Soldiers from Lincoln, Massachusetts, 1775-1783 by Rick Wiggin of Lincoln (see the Lincoln Squirrel, April 14, 2013). The project to update the book with Vietnam service men and women was initiated by Veterans Affairs chair Priscilla Leach and former town historian Peg Martin and was carried out by the Lincoln Historical Society with generous support of the Ogden Codman Trust.
In a May 15 article about the First Parish Church, the Lincoln Squirrel mistakenly stated the period of time during which the church has been trying to win zoning approval for an expansion. It has been formally engaged in the process with the town since mid-2013.
In a May 16 article about the attorney general candidates’ forum, a line at the end of the article misstated the author’s name.
Both corrections have been made in the original articles.
At the Lincoln DTC’s attorney general candidate forum in Bemis Hall were (left to right) candidate Maura Healey, moderator Mara Dolan and candidate Warren Tolman.
By Gary Davis
Dozens of voters from Lincoln and several other towns in gathered in Bemis Hall on May 10 to hear two candidates for Massachusetts attorney general. It was the third of four candidate forums organized by the Lincoln Democratic Town Committee (DTC).
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Come join a group effort to pull the invasive plants garlic mustard and wall lettuce on the deCordova Sculpture Park grounds and adjacent conservation land on Saturday, May 17 from 9 a.m. to noon. Meet at the far end of the DeCordova parking lot. This is a cooperative effort of the Conservation Department, the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust, and the deCordova Sculpture Park.
By Alice Waugh
The First Parish Church tonight will resume its attempt to win approval for expanding the Stearns Room when it goes before the Zoning Board of Appeals at 7:30 p.m. in the Town Office Building’s Donaldson Room.
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Due to low ticket sales, the Lincoln After-school Activities Program a capella night scheduled for Friday, May 16 in Bemis Hall has been postponed.
Join us for a wonderful evening of live jazz music on Wednesday, May 28 at 7:30 p.m. in Bemis Hall. Listen to the bygone sounds of the Jazz Age when Dan Gabel’s High Society, a 10-piece ensemble, performs well-known and rare tunes. Free and open to the public.
Retirement celebration for Chief MooneyThe Lincoln Police Department invites you to attend a retirement reception in honor of Chief Kevin A. Mooney to celebrate his 36 years of dedicated service to the town on Friday, June 27 from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the Pierce House. Buffet dinner; business casual attire.
Tickets are $50. Please reserve no later than June 12 by contacting Catherine Dubeshter at cdubeshter@lincolntown.org or 781-259-8113. Make checks payable to Friends of Kevin Mooney, P.O. Box 342, Lincoln MA 01773.
Isbell’s award.
Susan Isbell (right) receives her “Woman of the Year” award from the Council on Aging.
Susan Isbell of Virginia Road received a special award at the recent Lincoln Council on Aging volunteer luncheon, was proclaimed “Woman of the Year” for her extensive work helping at Bemis Hall during the medical leave of COA assistant director Pam Alberts. Sponsored by the Friends of the Lincoln Council on Aging and hosted by St. Anne’s church, the luncheon was enjoyed by over 100 COA volunteers at a buffet catered by Richard Silver of the Pierce House.
Lt. Kevin Kennedy, a longtime member of the Lincoln Police Department, is in line to become the town’s next chief of police and will be formally interviewed by the Board of Selectmen at its May 12 meeting.
Kennedy, who has been with the Lincoln police for 22 years, would succeed retiring Chief of Police Kevin Mooney if the board votes to hire him. There are no other candidates being considered, according to Town Administrator Tim Higgins.
“The board and I feel he’s uniquely qualified for the position,” Higgins said of Kennedy. “He’s committed himself to Lincoln for his entire career, and the police chief has done a fantastic job of cultivating him [for the chief’s role] over the years.”
The selectmen have received letters in support of Kennedy’s candidacy from many organizations in town, including the Parks and Recreation Commission, the Council on Aging and the schools, according to Higgins. “He’s very well known and well regarded for his work in Lincoln,” he said.
Kennedy has served in several roles in Lincoln including that of juvenile officer. He has also completed leadership training with the FBI and the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association, Higgins said.